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3 hours ago, antrin said:
For anyone who wants a bit of information - except oxter as he is already aware of everything on earth.
Continuing with the ad hominem attacks I see antrin.
I thought you moral high-grounders were above all that?
BTW, I've had both jags.
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18 hours ago, beyond our ken said:
Why say “ok, I’m a dick” in four simple words when you have 5 column inches kicking around spare?
Honestly, it's no surprise to me that you can't answer any of my questions.
You knicker wetters have been struggling with these perfectly reasonable questions for months now.
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8 minutes ago, antrin said:
Step away from that hole and stop digging, there's a good lad.
The only person digging a hole is the person who is talking shite about the NHS being on very thin ice right now with the covid situation and also constructing baffling strawman arguments about who cares or doesn't care about 140,000 deaths last year.
And that ain't me bud.
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Just now, bazil85 said:
I personally think it's the right call but would have seen the logic in shifting us back to level 3. My concern with that is it would set a precedent and we'd likely all be in level 3 before long as things relax.
I think you're right about that last sentence.
I think as long as they feel they have the cases under control in an area that she'll resist further restrictions otherwise, like you say, we'll be playing musical "covid levels" until the sun burns itself out.
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3 minutes ago, Cookie Monster said:9 minutes ago, oaksoft said:Very surprised at East Renfrewshire staying at 2 but pleased to hear it.
The population is 95,000 and there are 118 per 100k cases. Sturgeon in the BBC article today said there were only 17 or 18 cases though so I'm a bit confused about what's going on. Can you shed any light from where you are? Typo in the article?The number Nicola quoted was the number of new cases on that day, not the amount that have the virus.
Thanks. Wasn't entirely sure.
TBH, there's so much abuse of statistics going on it's hard to know what to trust anymore.
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6 minutes ago, antrin said:
Like Covid, the influenza is also a virus.
Wow. More mansplaining.
What a thread this is turning out to be. Where would we be without you and BOK?
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1 hour ago, antrin said:
I dunno how you can misinterpret my application of logic for fear.
I had my first indoor pint (V.expensive - Bitter £5.06) on Monday evening in The City, went to a movie IN a cinema with a lot of others, then had a meal in a busy restaurant. And I travelled on public transport. So I've been promoting no fear personally and wouldn't be judgmental wrt fear others might personally/justifiably feel.
Being on the self-approved moral high ground must be lonely.
Not thin ice? So you've missed the fact that the NHS has been hugely underfunded for years, is understaffed, has built up a huge backlog of sick, untreated patients whose treatment was shelved during the pandemic and has an unhappy, unappreciated, low morale in those who have remained? If there is another 'successful' virus, it will wreak havoc and will struggle to be equally resilient this time around.
I guess I'm unsurprised that you feel now is a good time to just quietly forget about the tens of thousands who have been killed and mock those who still feel they might be worth remembering.
ps The fillum:
Sound of Metal
A very interesting character study with a fascinating soundscape. And a brilliant performance by Riz Ahmed!
The NHS is NOT on very thin ice as regards covid.
End of story.
Nice touch accusing me of taking the moral high ground and then bringing up how I may or may not feel about the deaths last year. Nobody is talking about forgetting those deaths. Nobody is talking about mocking those who want to remember them either. Only you are bringing that up.
Classy as usual antrin.
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1 hour ago, beyond our ken said:
Vaccines are preventatives, not treatments. Nobody ever recovered from an illness by simply taking a vaccine once infected.
Oh thank the LORD you are here to mansplain this to me.
Phew. For a minute I was kerfuffled.
You'll need to show me, however, where I said the vaccines would cure someone who currently has covid. You appear to have entirely fabricated that.
BTW. Talking of last year? Can you think of one big difference this year? Anything at all? Begins with a v.
Rather than being a dick, why don't you enlighten us all on how YOU think the endgame for all of this should work out.
If vaccines aren't the answer then what's the f**king point? Where are we going?
Zero deaths? We already have that.
Zero hospitalisations? Pretty close to that.
Zero cases? Well, we're pretty close to that too.
At what point do people like you stop pissing your frillies?
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2 hours ago, bazil85 said:
Glasgow - Staying Level 3 for another week
Moray - Going to level 2
East Renfrewshire - Staying Level 2 (yeees!)
Very surprised at East Renfrewshire staying at 2 but pleased to hear it.
The population is 95,000 and there are 118 per 100k cases. Sturgeon in the BBC article today said there were only 17 or 18 cases though so I'm a bit confused about what's going on. Can you shed any light from where you are? Typo in the article?
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3 hours ago, antrin said:
For me, all that the figures demonstrate is that the NHS is currently dealing with the pandemic much better, having found - during the carnage of fatalities - more and differing ways of treating patients successfully.
The NHS, despite that success, is still skating on very thin ice as the virus mutates and could do so into yet another virus-resistant state for which we have no answers. Yet.
Also...
”between March- May the mortality rate in England and Wales was at its lowest point in the last five years.”.
.....this positive slant of yours is easily explained away by recognising that in the last 18 months Covid had already slaughtered tens of thousands of those elderly, obese and less fit members of society who would have reached top of the line during those months.
The only good news I see in this, is the skill and dedication of scientists and doctors finding more and better ways to cope.
The fat lady - that you think should be singing - probably succumbed to Covid in the Autumn.
It ain’t over. There’s still a fat bastard in power misdirecting our progress through the pandemic.
Aye. It's called a vaccine.
This post illustrates the very problem many people face now after a year of fear mongering. Letting go of that fear is going to be a nightmare for many.
There will always be another variant despite all evidence showing that our vaccines deal with it. And when there isn't, there will always be the fear of another variant appearing from the mists.
Then when others stop being afraid of this thing, the "don't you care about the hundred and forty thousand who got killed?" will be hauled out of their pocket. They will never drop the fear and will never allow others to move on either.
BTW, the NHS is skating on very thin ice is it?
There's less than 100 people in hospital across the entire country and about 4 people in ICU.
How on earth is that very thin ice?
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2 hours ago, Saint@Johnstone said:
Let’s face it,Scotland will have 3 games then out. Goals are at a premium so Griffiths should have been included. Too many defenders which indicates how the team might be set up. Glad to see inclusion of Patterson and Turnbull, not seen anything of Gilmour but at least young. A few should not be going though, Hanley, Cooper and Fleck. You could pick a decent side out of the squad I believe but, just like Saints, goals or lack thereof will be the problem.
FFS
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Right I'm away for my 2nd jag.
If I'm not back on here by the weekend you'll all know a blood clot got me.
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1 hour ago, Tommy said:
Got my unique username but don't recall a password that is being ask for.
When you register online using that username it'll ask you to create a password.
ETA Oh FFS, I'm late to the party as usual.
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2 hours ago, WeeBud said:
After this summer I'd agree Oaky but given a free-kick to hit or a penalty to take in a three game mini-league and then knock-out competition I'd still take Griffiths in the short term. He's a striker rather than an attacker which makes him different to the other two.
I appreciate that and TBH, I'm gutted Griffiths isn't going because like you, when it comes to a free kick or poaching, I'd want him to be on the pitch in that position. It's a tough call.
Like others, I think the only player I'd swap would be Fleck and someone else, either Morgan or Gauld maybe but I trust Stevie to make the right call there. Ideally it would have been Jack but with him being out we've lost that option.
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1 minute ago, bazil85 said:
When was this and what was the impact in pushing prices up for young players?
closest I remember were rules that pretty much resulted in 2 unused U21 year olds on benches.
I've already told you.
It happened years ago when we restricted the number of foreign players in the 1st team.
That rammed up the prices of Scottish players as would be expected.
If I remember correctly, it also harmed our performances in Europe.
Either way, it was ditched.
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6 minutes ago, bazil85 said:
Great, just what we need. I don't remember this issue happening before, what exactly was it & when?
For me, the current format in Scottish youth development isn't working and we need to try something new. Homegrown player rules works in other countries, don't see why it would fail here. Plenty of young talent in Scotland if homegrown player rules pushes prices up, surely that's a good thing for clubs prioritising youth development?
Something new yes.
Something we've tried before and didn't get it to work? Not so much.
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2 hours ago, WeeBud said:
No real arguments with your last paragraph although I think I'd have been tempted to find a spot for Griffiths at the expense of either Christie or Forrest as attacking options....he's the closest we've got to a natural finisher and to have him to throw on for the last 20 minutes if we're chasing a game would imo have been a worthwhile gamble.
Ryan Christie has scored 4 in 18 for Scotland.
Leigh Griffiths has scored 4 in 22.
On that basis alone, Christie is a better option. He also works harder and is fitter and full of confidence.
Forrest is just back from injury but IMO is still a better option that Griffiths.
I think it's game over at international level for him now.
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4 minutes ago, Cookie Monster said:
Covid Vaccination Passports now available free from NHS Scotland if required.
Providing you've not been a numpty and thrown out your old invitation letter containing your unique username.
Kept the 2nd jag letter this time round.
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Anyway, back to the topic.
If someone can show me how imposing quotas (both U21 and foreign players) will avoid the hike in price of Scottish-based players which happened the last time we tried it, I'm all ears.
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2 minutes ago, bazil85 said:
6-8 would be my count and most of them are people that have just jumped on the bandwagon & as soon as I get involved in anything they scream "AHHH YOU'RE DOING IT AGAIN" even when it's observably not true, this thread is golden source for that sort of behaviour.
It's become a bit of a running theme on here and if you honestly can't place a shred of accountability at anyone else's feet (or your own), I think it says far more about you than it does me.
I assume we both know the next stage in the script by now Oakster? Over to you.
A quick check of my own suggests 15, maybe 18 but the last 3 I'm not sure about.
Some of those 15 actively loathe each other and wouldn't agree the colour of shite so I'm not sure whose "bandwagon" you think we're all jumping onto.
I'm not going to argue with you though.
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15 hours ago, bazil85 said:
first and only ignore - Thanks for sharing.
Every other poster on here - It's not, just a select few miserable gits that can't leave the past alone
It's not a few, it's well into double figures actually. Well into. Not quite 20. Not yet. But it's getting there.
If you want to call that sort of quantity a "few" then I suppose you are welcome to delude yourself.
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15 hours ago, Swiss_Saint said:
Don't see where I was not totally calm and rational in my post perhaps you are projecting there.
Point 1
Actually I am not confused, definition of moral obligation from the dictionary "A duty which one owes, and which he ought to perform, but which he is not legally bound to fulfill." at no point did I mention coercion hence why I believe it is a moral obligation.
Point 2
Where did I say you did not? please point it out, I did mention you thinking moral obligation as an argument being childish perhaps saying more about you but you clearly said you advised everyone to get the jab so why would you think I thought otherwise? I was also agreeing with you about social media as again I could clearly read that you were also calling out the bullshit on there and did not say anything abut you believing it.
Point 3
Back to this imaginary losing my rag thing 🙄
Unfortunately I have no answer for the idiots not getting jabs and agree we as a country cannot force people to get them However once everyone has had the option to get one then would be the time to create a covid passport, if you separate the f**kwits from the pub and benidorm there would be a stampede to the vax centres, hard to police for the pubs mind you.
Only thing I disagreed with you on was the moral obligation not existing everything else as you say we are agreement on and I did not try and disagree with.
SS
Fair enough.
Thanks for clarifying.
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4 hours ago, Swiss_Saint said:
Total Bollocks in my opinion and you of course are entitled to yours.
We as part of a civilised society do have a moral obligation to protect ourselves and others in society. TB was eradicated in the UK due to vaccination as well as polio, you only get that eradication when enough people in society become immune via surviving disease or vaccination, vaccination being the obvious and more palatable method. If someone has a genuine reason not to get the vaccine and I mean medical reason not religious or stupidity reasons then fully agree they of course should not but they are the very people being protected by the rest of us taking the vaccine.
Too much bullshit is posted on social media nowadays and is too easily spread and sections of the f**kwit population seem to believe the bullshit contained therein.
If we are individuals that dont give a toss about others then you are right no moral reason and to argue against it would be sanctimonious but if we are a society then that comes or should come with obligations to the weaker in society. If you believe this is a childish nonsense then that says more about you than it does about others.
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Oh and while I'm at it, you appear to have wrongly concluded that I think, people should avoid the vaccine.
I don't.
I think they SHOULD take it.
Because it's best for everyone.
But I'm not about to start finger-wagging and trying to force them to do anything.
Neither am I going to start yelling insults via some form of "moral compass".
That is not how you persuade anyone to do anything.
Persuasion is absolutely the only way and you don't persuade anyone to do anything by telling them they are acting in an immoral, selfish manner.
Calm doon FFS. We're actually on the same page over this.
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3 hours ago, Slarti said:
Just send them the bill for their treatment if they are infected after refusing (on non-health grounds) to have the vaccination. In a similar way to freedom of speech, having the right to choose does not mean you are immune from the consequences of your choices.
And there is some merit in this argument.
The threat of vaccine passports might be another although I would resist actually imposing them for real.
Speculation Thread
in The Rumour Mill
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Didn't Andy Robertson and Lyndon Dykes go from Queens Park to the Scottish Premiership too?
I guess these players would also have been beneath @Ethan?